The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-10-23
COL. GRANTS CAMPAIGN.
He Isn't Much Of Talker. but the People Like
Him and He Makes Good Impression.


Him and He Makes Good Impression.
Special to the Indianaooiis Journal
New YORK, Oct. 22.-Over the desk OF the
secretary of the Republican State committee. in
their rooms in the Fifth avenue Hotel. hangs a
life-size photograph. It is of the profile of q
eood-looking man. The brow, lips and chin are
in straight line and slightly inclined The
forehead is broad, oven, and little low. The
low effect is heightened by wearing the hair
down, not in a bang. but brushed forward in
careless curve. The eyebrows we'll marked.
and the eyes set back under them are large and
brown. They are not fully opened. but the eye
lids droop like half-closed folding door. ready
to be pushed back at once. The nose is straight
and wide. The mustache is long and sweeping;
tho dark brown hair could be pulled back almost
to the ear. 1t is evident that it is care
fully brushed, oiled and groomed. The
mouth is more gentle than firm It has pleasing
curves and a rudy fulness of the lips The
chin is square, but not rugged. It and the
cheeks are covered with q full. dark. brown
beard half inch long, worn more for conven-
fence in not shaving than OF its own account.
as the moustache is made the ornamental
feature of the face. The apparel is costly, easy
fitting, and shows neither good nor bad taste.
It is what the ordinary man would wear if he
had money enough to buy good clothes and
knew where to go to order them. The collar IS
moderately tall, as high as it could be with COM
fort to a long neck. The ends are not bent
over. but notched. A figured black satin scarf
and pearl in gold star for a scarf pin. silk
faced frock coat. and quiet trousers; the ordi-
nary garb of a prosperous business man, are
worn in this photograph.
There are other photographs around the room
graph has and needs none. Every one who has
ever seen Col. Frederick Dent Grant, Republic
candidate for Secretary of State, will recog-
nze at that 1t is faithful repetition of his
features and Dress The only popularity in
dress about Colonel Grant that does not appear
in the picture Is bis habit of always wearing
He keeps them on in his Office till he must take
them off to write. He wears them in a hotel
parlor, in q reception room. and when he was
nominated at the Republican convention at Sar-
atoga and was escorted down from his hotel to
the convention in making his brief speech of
thanks he wore the black kid gloves still, and
his solitary gesture was the waving OF black
kid gloved hand
Colonel Grant and his wife, who was formerly
Miss Honors. of Chicago. are now making a
tour of the State for votes. Senator Hiscock
and ex-senator Miller are the oratorical attrac-
tions, but more people come to see Colonel
Grant than TO hear the two Senators. Mrs.
Grant does not usually go to meetings with her
husband. She stays at the hotel or the house of
friends and a reception is given where she re-
ceives the townsfolk. She Is charming, gra-
cious woman and is making friends for her
husband
Colonel Grant is no talker. It pains him to
appear in public and he is EN- oarrassed il even
the shortest speech. He has not said over
hundred sentences in any one public speech:
when he nominated and escorted to the
platform in the convention, he stood silent for
some time. blushed, turned and looked from
side to side of the hall and mrrmured in q voice
that could not be heard far. This is an honor
for which am truly grateful. II elected,
shall try to do my duty" 1t is not SO much
EN- barrassment that trou bles him but the diff
fdence and inability to feel at homo and talk
a platform. OFF tho platform, Colonel Grant il
not reticsnI He talks we'll. readily and sensibly.
entertainingly for some time. but put him on
his feet ana his voice goes away with his
thoughts 1t has been the same way
on his tour OF the State Either Senator
Hiscock or ex-senator Miller would open
with a long speech on the issues of the campaign
and the various bad things the Democrats had
done and the good things the Republicans had
done and were going to do. Colonel Grant would
wait until the GRAFTON WAS over. He would be
introduced, would bow. would tell the people
how glad he was to see them, what a prosperous
and pleasing town and county they had. and
that he would do his duty if elected. This took
a minute or two There were cheers when he
began. which had hardly finished when the
cheers at the conclusion of the speech would
come. The novelty rather takes with the peo-
pie. There are any number of men who can
climb on a platform and talk permanently, but
the State and say nothing not because he isn't
willing, but simply because he can't make
speech
Colonel Grant makes a good impression per-
sonaiy. He isn't mighty and he isn't humble;
smokes good cigars. wears good Clothes has a
pretty wife, comfortable home. easy, we'll
fed look, and is the kind of man nobody would
expect sparkling brlliiancy from, but would
prefer to have him in their houses at their
dinner-tables than a man who might be
tor ard the possessor of extended intellect,
but not able to handle fork or hold wine glass.
He is going in amable, pleasing way,
making no enemies. for there is nothing in him
to offend He attacks nothing and rubs no fur
the wrong At the Republican headquar-
ters, Colonel Grant causes no trouble. He knows
that he is not politician, and he asks for, and
is glad to take the advice of men who are. He
does not into the room if he owned the
wnole place because he was candidate for Secre-
tary of State and heads the ticket but he is
grateful for any suggestions and does not find
fault He simply asks the old politicians in
charge of the campaign what they want to have
him do. and when they tell him ne goes and does
it without questioning